[Fulminant and gradual evolution of the clinical manifestations of lumbar osteochondrosis].

A vertebroneurological examination of 187 patients with lumbar osteochondritis revealed the presence of two variants of its exacerbation: fulminant (occurring within 1-3 days) and gradual (with a longer period of progress). The fulminant variant was associated with tension of the cellular immunity expressed in a decreased index of leukocyte migration inhibition and the corresponding therapeutic effect of epsilon-aminocaproic acid.